Gordon Henderson wrote:[color=blue]
> In article <VQWLg.15199$r61.11895@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
> Carl Waring <carl.waring@REDyonder.co.uk> wrote:[color=green]
>> Gordon Henderson wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> In article <owVLg.15150$r61.2674@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
>>> Carl Waring <carl.waring@REDyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> I have been looking at Vonage ([url]www.vonage.co.uk[/url]) but have just found
>>>> another
>>>> company called Draytel ([url]www.draytel.org[/url]) who do PAYG with no up-front
>>>> fees.
>>>> Anyone here with them at the moment care to comment?
>>>>
>>>> I know there are a load of VoIP providers out there but if I'm going to
>>>> use
>>>> one I'd prefer to use one that doesn't tie me to my PC!
>>>
>>> Why not buy an IP phone if you don't want to be tied to your PC?
>>>
>>> Eg.
>>> [url]http://www.voiptalk.org/products/Grandstream+Budgetone+101[/url][/color]
>>
>> For that price I can join Vonage or Draytel and use my existing, DECT
>> phone
>> :-/[/color]
>
> I presume you mean by buying an ATA to connect your existing DECT phone
> into. But if you use your PC, you really ought to get a good headset
> and thats going to costs you half as much as an ATA or a cheap IP phone,
> so ...
>
> Or by suggestion Draytel, do you mean that you have a Vigor router with a
> phone socket on the back on it that you can plug your DECT phone into?
>
> Give us more details, tell us what you really want and what you already
> have, and maybe we can suggest something...
>
> Gordon[/color]

As I said, I DO NOT want to be tied to my PC. That's it!

With both Vonage and Draytel I can use my current DECT cordless phone either
by renting (with the former) or buying (with the latter) an ATA that will
plug into my existing router; a Netgear WRG614.

My other idea was to buy a new Router with a built-in VoIP adapter and sell
my current one on Ebay. I then don't need one off either company.

Any clearer?

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